karan daii
Nigeria
18th Century
Source: Biddle, M. (2011). Northern Nigerian Manuscripts: Inks, Charms, and Medicine. Journal of Islamic Manuscripts, 2(1), 1-35.
Recipe Details
Ingredients
guinea corn (Sorghum bicolor)
Preparation Steps
Produced by Nigerian dyers from common guinea corn (Sorghum bicolor). It was used by scholars (malams) for rubrication (p. 27).
Original Recipe Text
Produced by Nigerian dyers from common guinea corn (Sorghum bicolor). It was used by scholars (malams) for rubrication (p. 27).
Evidence
"The dyer produced a red dye, karan daii, from common guinea corn that the malam could use for rubrication or for modifying another ink."
Remarks
The use of this organic red pigment for rubrication shows the symbiosis between the dyer's craft and the manuscript tradition (p. 27).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
historical recipe review
Visual analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
ColorRed
RegionNigeria
Approx. Year1750
Source Information
AuthorBiddle, M.
CollectionNorthern Nigeria
Language
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